Ma Jian Quotes

I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.

Ma Jian

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: August 18, 1953

Topics

I AmTrueOpenDialogueEngagement

To be a little divisive is kind of hot.

Jennifer Konner

KindHotLittleDivisive

Of course I feel blessed that I have a wife that is 25 years younger.

Michael Douglas

WifeBlessedFeelYearsI Feel

My parents adored me, and I had a very happy childhood, so maybe I just sort of expect to be loved.

Roger Moore

ChildhoodHappyParentsMeLoved

The 20s are like the stem cell of human development: the pluripotent moment when any of several outcomes is possible. Decisions and actions during this time have lasting ramifications.

Robin Marantz Henig

TimeMomentDecisionsPossibleHuman

If I look into my past, I was definitely into inventors. I was into stories of Edison and Tesla and da Vinci and all these guys making stuff in their garage.

Robin Sloan

PastLookInventorsStuffGarage

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.

Russell Baker

YouWorstTouristBeingWorst Thing

When a country is strong... it accepts any dose of pessimism from its writers.

Michel Houellebecq

StrongCountryPessimismAnyDose

Men don't wear high heels, and they don't make allowances for women who do. Tottering down the corridors of power in beautiful but crippling stilettos telegraphs your preference for style over substance.

Donna Brazile

WomenPowerBeautifulStyleMen

A lot of acting, as I grew up wanting to do, is kind of like magic... I'm not comparing myself to him in the least bit, but if you knew what Daniel Day-Lewis was doing every step of the way and what he was eating, I don't think when he popped up as Lincoln we would quite believe it.

Chris Messina

MyselfStepEatingBelieveThink

In our country, singers are known as the voice of actors.

Armaan Malik

VoiceCountryKnownOurSingers

There are a whole lot of little tales told in 'Presumed Innocent,' whether it's about the Hobberly kid, who was an important witness who ends up assassinated, or an accountant named Marcy Lupino, who meets a horrible fate in a state penitentiary. There's less of that in 'Innocent,' and deliberately so.

Scott Turow

FateAccountantInnocentImportant

I revel in my anonymity. But when I'm at a specific event and gamers are there, they'll recognise me.

Nolan North

MeGamersAnonymityEventSpecific

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